Why kids in poverty have a disadvantage to kids in graded

       Kids in poverty can't get a good education, because their family doesn't have enough money to go to a good school.  And since they don't have a good education, they'll be less likely to get a good job, and a bad job doesn't pay well.  Then they'll stay in poverty.  Kids at graded, their family has enough money to go to a great school [Graded], so they'll get a good job and have a happy life.
        Kids in poverty also don't have all that much food, so they don't eat as much.  They don't eat enough, so they don't stay very healthy.  This makes them more vulnerable to disease.  Kids at Graded have enough money to have lots of foods and go to restaurants, so they stay healthy, if they eat enough of the good food.  Also, as Camila puts it, 'Some kids in our condition are probably asking "What's for dinner mom?" while they are asking "Are we having dinner mom?"'
        Kids at Graded are fussing over their homework, while their moms yell at them about it.  Their main objective is to get their work done.  The kids in poverty are probably trying to get food from stealing, hunting, or looking in garbage.  Their moms are probably working as maids.  They might not even have a mom

3-2-1 bridge: mathematical thinking Jan 2014

3 Thoughs/Ideas
1. Mathematical thinking is easy for me
2. Mathematical thinking is FUN
3. I use Mathematical thinking all the time.
2 Questions
1. Does thinking about how to put Lego pieces together count as Mathematical thinking?
2. Is mathematical thinking fun all the time?
1 Analogy
1. Mathematical thinking is like Building with Legos.  You have to think about how to put the pieces together before actually doing it

Ima backa

1 - We can celebrate what Mandela did and try to be like him because if we just be sad about it we wont do anything about poverty.

2 - Obama means that we have gone far but we still need to go further to stop inequality. I agree with this because if we don't go further, we'll fall behind.

3 - I agree with Obama because we can't just give the people money directly.  That would be the easy answer, but if we just give them money they will take it for granted and waste it.  

4 - Obama means that we can be inclusive and follow his example.  I can can make Mandela's life work mine by not judging things and people by what they look like.

5 - The world still has poverty - a lot of it.  Young people can help solve that by getting a good education, and if they can't get that, seek out a friend who does so they can teach them.  This will lead to the poor kids getting good jobs and gaining more money for them and their family.